diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebkitgtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebkitgtk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c76f1f470773..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebkitgtk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchurl
-, pkgs
-, pygtk
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pywebkitgtk";
-  version = "1.1.8";
-  format = "other";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://pywebkitgtk.googlecode.com/files/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1svlwyl61rvbqbcbalkg6pbf38yjyv7qkq9sx4x35yk69lscaac2";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ pygtk pkgs.gtk2 pkgs.libxml2 pkgs.libxslt pkgs.libsoup pkgs.webkitgtk24x-gtk2 pkgs.icu ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/";
-    description = "Python bindings for the WebKit GTK port";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index db57b33dfd00..dd0216457ab9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4846,8 +4846,6 @@ in {
 
   pywal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pywal { };
 
-  pywebkitgtk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pywebkitgtk { };
-
   pywinrm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pywinrm { };
 
   pyxattr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxattr { };